Category: family

• Expanding Horizons

  I’ve noticed that, despite being detail-oriented, the more I have to do, my executive functioning skills plummet. For several years, I’ve been to the point that if I don’t write something down, it doesn’t get done. If I leave the house on errands, I have a list of where I need to go–and then a […]

  Carrie Dalby

  February 8, 2022

  ASD Autism Spectrum Disorders, authorship, autism, balance, CURRENT EVENTS, executive functioning, family, goals, kids, LIFE, time, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, literature, Mobile Bay Area, publishing, WRITING

• About Me

  

  Yes, there is an “About Carrie” page on my website, but it’s a general overview relating mostly to my publishing career. I figured the first month of the year would be a good time to reintroduce myself and give more insight and details to make it easier to find out more of what you’re interested […]

  Carrie Dalby

  January 26, 2022

  authorship, blogging, concerts, CORRODED, creativity, CURRENT EVENTS, Facebook, family, Gothic, homeschooling, inspiration, LIFE, memories, Mobile, motherhood, Networking, New Year, novels, READING, WRITING

  biography, Carrie Dalby, Mobile Bay Area

• ‘Tis the Season Sales

  

  All three of the Bienvenue Press Christmas charity anthologies are currently marked down to 99 cents on Kindle. While in my series world, each of my short stories can be read alone, and you’ll also get other themed holiday stories from several authors in the collections. Hometown Heroes features the Fortitude/Possession Chronicles tie-in short story […]

  Carrie Dalby

  December 5, 2021

  Barren Devotion, Bienvenue Press, Christmas, Christmas, Claire O’Farrell, Courtship and Courage, Dauphin Island, family, FORTITUDE, Gulf Coast, Gulf of Mexico, historical, HOLIDAYS, Joe Walker, Mobile, Natural Selection in Life and Love, romance, school, SCHOOL, short story, southern Gothic, Tendrils of Passion, The Possession Chronicles, WRITING

  Bienvenue Press, Carrie Dalby, charity, Christmas, historical fiction, Mobile Bay Area, short stories, southern Gothic, The Possession Chronicles, WRITING

• Short and Sale

  

  As reported two weeks ago, I spent a lot of time on edits this month. My short story for the next Mobile Writers Guild anthology is ready to submit. “Dashing Through the Snow” features a historic snowfall in Mobile, Alabama, and takes place pre-Possession Chronicles, with a few of the characters before they come of […]

  Carrie Dalby

  April 27, 2021

  authorship, Christmas, family, Gulf Coast, historical, LIFE, Lower Alabama, Mobile, Natural Selection in Life and Love, NATURE, READING, seasons, short story, southern Gothic, spring, The Possession Chronicles, weather, winter, WIP, WRITING

  Bienvenue Press, Carrie Dalby, Mobile Alabama, Mobile Writers Guild, publishing, southern Gothic, The Possession Chronicles

• Coming Soon–and Revisiting an Old Title

  

  First off, let’s flash back a year. Right before my part of the country went into pandemic mode, Mobile Writers Guild celebrated a new release. Valentine’s Day Pieces is the third in the anthology series by this Mobile Bay area writers group I am happy to be part of. We all kept busy writing throughout […]

  Carrie Dalby

  February 10, 2021

  authorship, Christmas, CURRENT EVENTS, family, FORTITUDE, Gothic, Gothic, Grace Shadowed, Gulf Coast, Halloween, historical, Mardi Gras, Mobile, Mobile Writers Guild, Mosaic of Seduction, Murmurs of Evil, Natural Selection in Life and Love, Perilous Confessions, publishing, Safe Embrace, short story, southern Gothic, The Possession Chronicles, Valentine’s Day, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, historical fiction, Mobile Alabama, Mobile Bay Area, Mobile Writers Guild, Murmurs of Evil, new release, Perilous Confessions, southern Gothic, The Possession Chronicles